For the second time in a week, two bags containing what appear to be human remains have been found in or near a park in the Bronx, the police said on Tuesday.

A passer-by called 911 at 7:21 p.m. Tuesday after making the gruesome discovery near the water that surrounds part of Barretto Point Park and summoned officers to the corner of Tiffany Street and Viele Avenue in Hunts Point.

The announcement came just four days after a seasonal Parks Department worker found a garbage bag outside Crotona Park — about three miles north of Barretto Point Park. The police have said the garbage bag was one of two black trash bags containing the dismembered remains of at least one unidentified woman.

On Tuesday night, the police said they were investigating if the two episodes are connected; specifically, they said, the medical examiner will determine if the newly discovered remains are in fact human, and if they belong to the same person whose remains were discovered last week.

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The discovery of bags that appeared to contain human remains in Barretto Point Park, above, was the second such finding in the Bronx in a week, after bagged remains were found in Crotona Park.CreditDavid Dee Delgado for The New York Times

At an unrelated news conference on Monday, Dermot F. Shea, the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives, said that the woman whose remains were found near Crotona Park had died from blunt force trauma. Despite receiving numerous tips, investigators still have not identified her, Chief Shea said. The police have released a sketch of the victim, describing her as white Hispanic.

Vanessa L. Gibson, whose City Council district includes the sidewalk where the woman’s remains were found, said area residents were shocked by the news on Friday.

“Someone has no regard for life and it’s disturbing,” she told The New York Times over the weekend. “I’m sorry this happened to that young lady.”

The police said on Saturday that there were no updates in Ms. Odom’s case and that the investigation was continuing.

Jeffery C. Mays contributed reporting.

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